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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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